Early prototype of Apple iPad in pictures

The prototype confirms that Apple in fact began work on a tablet computer
before developing the iPhone, something first revealed by Steve Jobs in
2010. He said: “I had this idea about having a glass display, a multitouch
display you could type on with your finger. I asked people about it. And six
months later, they came back with this amazing display. And I gave it to one
of our really brilliant UI guys. He got scrolling working and some other
things, and I thought, ‘my God, we can build a phone with this!’ So we put
the tablet aside, and we went to work on the iPhone.”